Hair-pin.



G. G. CLARK.

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973,404. V 32mm Oct. 18,1910.

WITNESSES. 1 INVENTOR The hairpin has a body portion 10' and a center of said evice is a substantially U- gral with the body-of the pin, and said por- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES C. CLARK, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

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973,404. Specification Df Letters Patent Patented Oct. 18, 19.1.0. Application filed November 16, 1909. Serial No. 5128,3255v To all whom 'it may concern: tions 16 meet at 17 in a curved part located 5.5 Be it known that I, CHARLES C. CLARK, a substantially in alinement with the longicitizen of the United States, and a resident tudinal center of the device. The portions of East Orange, county of Essex, and State 16 extend upwardly and outwardly beyond of New Jersey, have invented certain new the legs ofthe pin and form a broad comand useful lmproiements in Hair-Pins, of paratively flat head therefor. It 'simpor which the following is 11- full, clear, and tant that this head he fiat so that it will not exact description' project beyond the hair of the wearer and his invention relates more particularly S0 that the pin will be invisible. It is also 10 to a hairpin which will lock itself in posi important that the pin head shall be broad.

tion when placed in the hair. in order that the hair retaining channel he primary object of the invention is to l formed by the upper walls of the loopsprovide a simple and efticient hairpin in I shall have ample capa ywhich a portion thereof is so formed that The hairpin may be made of any suitable 15 when pushed into thehair a part of the material whether Wire, celluloid, aluminum I latter will be forced on opposite sides of its or any materials usually employed in the 79 longitudinal center and through a space manufacture of such articles, and Whenmore or less confined to lock the pin in the uslng the said device the body portion 10 hair; and to so construct the pin that by givis forced in the hair in the usual manner, 20 ing the same a relative movement, it will be so that the hair will be forced into the substantially covered by the hair that it parts 16. on opposite sidesof the longitucannot be easily lost and at the same time 'dlnal center of the device to be held and will prevent the hair from coming down by confined therein. It will thus be seen that accident, but Wil permit the hair to be taken the loops 16 form broad, fiat, shallow chan- 25 down when desire. nels to receive the lock or hair that retains A further object 01- the invention is to the pin in position. A part of the hair may 80 provide a device which may be made of passed over the part 17 to be locked various kinds of material and in various therein and by pushing one of the parts 16,

' as for example the end 18 of said part, so that the hair will cover the same, this will serve to further hold the device in thehair 30 With these and other objects in View, the invention will be hereinaftermore particu-- ,larly described with reference to the accomfpanying drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and will then be pointed 35 out in the claim atthe endof the description.

In the drawing, the figure represents an elevation ofone form of hairpin embodying my invention.

From the foregoing it will be seen simple and efiicient means is provided 9 whereby the said device will be locked in the hair that said device overcomes the oloclosed end or locking portlon 11, and said body portion comprises two leg members 12 and 13 which are separated from each other. and are adapted to be forced in the hair in the usual manner. The members 12 and 13 may be bent inward, as at 14, to provide a more or less confinedspace 15 for, the hair to pass .therethrough, and projecting out- Ward on opposite sides of the longitudinal desired to do so.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters atent:, I i

As an article of manufacture, a hair pin having leg members, loops extending up wardly and outwardly at the 'cldsed end of 1 thepin at an oblique angle to the body of the pin, said loops projecting beyond the leg portions and forming a substantially shaped portion 16. This portion 16 forms a part of the closed end and together make a substantially heart-shaped portion intefiat head to the. pin, greater in Width than 7 This' Specificiinn signed and witnessed the body of the pin, that pn'tionlof the pin this 5H1 (lay of Novmnber A. D. 1909. forming the upper walls 0 the oops being I L connected together at a point directly] over (JHUELLS R 5 the center of the pin and being depressed Witneszses:

ur bent inwardly 'to form a hair-receiving V. A. Towxnn, J12, channel at thetop of the pin head. M. DINNHAI'PT. 

